Speak Up: Congressional Briefing
Thank you for joining Project Tomorrow CEO, Dr. Julie Evans and our amazing panel of students for the 2025 Speak Up Congressional Briefing: Students Speak Up about AI in their Learning Lives. Hosted by edweb.net.
Below you will find the 2025 Speak Up National Report, representing the perspectives of more than 60,000 K-12 students, educators, administrators, and families nationwide. This report and accompanying briefing offers a rare opportunity to hear directly from students about how AI is shaping their educational experiences, both the opportunities they see and the concerns they hold. Additionally download our supplemental infographics that highlight parent and teacher views on AI in education.
Key Topics:
- Student-identified valuable uses of AI in learning
- Privacy, ethics, and access concerns from a student perspective
- Practical applications supporting engagement and career readiness
- Recommendations to help schools and districts align policies and practices with the voices of today’s learners
Turn the AI Conversation into Action
The Congressional Briefing “Students Speak Up About AI in Their Learning Lives” sparked powerful conversations nationwide. Now, you can bring that same energy into your classroom.
Our free Classroom Guide provides structured activities that help students:
- Reflect on their own AI experiences and habits
- Engage critically with student perspectives from the briefing
- Explore questions about ethics, creativity, and responsible use
- Develop their own guidelines for AI in learning
No prep work needed—just download, watch the briefing with your students, and facilitate conversations that matter.
Thank you to edweb.net for hosting the event
About the Speak Up Congressional Briefing
Each year, Project Tomorrow presents Speak Up survey results with key K-12 stakeholders including education departments, researchers, media, and school leaders. The first Speak Up Congressional briefing held on March 24, 20004 and sponsored by Rep. Johnny Iskason (R-GA) and Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), released the report “Voices and Views of Today’s Tech-Savvy Students,” and launched SpeakUp Day for Teachers.
Speakers included Rep. Isakson, Sen. Stabenow, NetDay Board of Directors Member John Gage, and Senior Advisor at the Department of Education, Helen Soule. Middle and high school students from the 2003 survey joined a panel discussion and Bell South’s Chief Staff Officer Mark Feidler, announced corporate support for the initiative.
Since 2020, the Congressional Briefing has been conducted virtually allowing for broader participation. We thank our partner, edWeb, for hosting this annual event.
Congressional Briefing Archives
- 2024 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2023 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2022 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2021 Speak Up Virtual Congressional Briefing
- 2020 Speak Up Virtual Congressional Briefing
- 2019 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2018 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2016 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2015 Speak Up Congressional Briefing
- 2014 Speak Up Congressional Briefing (adult audience results)
- 2014 Speak Up Congressional Briefing (K-12 student audience results)
Each year, the Speak Up Research Project asks K-12 students, parents and educators about the role of technology for learning in and out of school.
